Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-25
Hi ILLINOIS CENTRAL.

An Opinion Relative to the Sioux Falls
faItch-Canton's K0pes-sioux City 4
Still Ruoyant.
Sioux Falls Press, %: The hitch IN
the proceedings relative to the Illinois
Central appears to have been caused
quite as much by oyerhaste as anything
else. 1t appears that one of the causes of
delay was the insufiiciency OF the artic.
les of incorporation of the Cherokee and
Dakota. The articles were drawn up
by w. j. knight and filed in the office of
the recorder of Dubuque county Iowa.
The laws OF Iowa provide that
the articles need not be filed with
the secretary of state until three
three months afterward, The laws OF
Dakota provide that before a foreign
corporation can begin business In tile
territory certified copies of the articles
of corporation and certain other papers
must bs filed with the secretary of the
territory. The copies sent to Bismarck
were certified only by the recorder Of Du-
buque county, and for that reason could
not be filed by the secretary. However,
that matter has now been Strengthened
out.
E. A. Sherman r. F. Pettigrew left yes
erday for Dubuque to confer with Mr.
Knight and Superintendent Gilleas re-
garding several disputed points in the
agreement between the company and the
city. The agreement as it was sent here
for signing provides that the city shall
secure the rlght-of.way and have the
deeds in the hands of the company with.
in sixty days. AS this would be an utter
impossibility the provision must be
changed. II also provides that the city
shall make all needful arrangements
with the Burlington people regarding
their rights over the land. This the
committee does not propose to do.
President Ives has signifed willingness
to make any arrangement with the Illi-
nois Central people that may seem de-
sirable, the railroad committee insist
that those arrangements be made between
the two companies directly. There is
also some dispute as to the boundary
lines Of the tract desired by the company
for depot grounds. As soon as all these
questions can be settled the contracts
will be let, but not until then.
4 Canton Advocate: The Canton pro
iect for securing the Dakota extension
of the Illinois Central railway is not en-
tirely dead, as many would suppose
i The report sent ont from Cherokee las
week to the effect that the grading con
tracts on the Sioux Falls line we're let wa
q mistake. The p~rofiies are not ready
. and many other features might be men
y tiozed that would go to show that th'
Cherokee extension is no sure thing. IL
Mars people are wide awake III thei
: desire to have the Dakota extension
leave their town and are working hand il
= hand with Canton and Calliope pee
/ pile toward that end. Two hundrel
leading business men OF lie Mars hay
guaranteed q $4,000 bonus to the Ger
q trial company, or to any other eompan,
.. that will run q line into Dakota fror
that point. The leading Business me
OF that city, Including Oongressma
Struble, wisl join bande with the Gall
ope, Burlington and Northern people fs
the construction of D local line Shout
IN the Central people decide to ADOPT til
Cherokee line. Meanwhile the follow
. ars of the latter plan are working wis
40 might and main. Hook Rapids vosed
i per cent, tsx Tuesday for the Cherokt